Improved apparatus foe attaching weights to submarine armor



, @with um etent @ffies DAVID HALE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ALFRED HALE, OF THE SAME PLAGE. Y

Letters Patent No. 67,874, dated August 20, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Be it known that I, DAVID HALE, of Boston, in the conntyof Suifolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in' Attaching Weights to Submarine Armor; and I do hereby declare that the fellow ing, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form partof this specification, is a description of my invention su'cient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it. I

The common method of attaching weights to submarine arbor is to hang them directly around the neck, the weights being suspended upon cords and swinging loosely to' and from theperson. This means of securing the weights is not only inconvenient when'the weights are worn, but occasions trouble in effecting change of weights; and the object of my invention is to provide a method for securing the weights which shall permit them to be readily changed without removal of their means of attachment` The invention consists in a weight-holding box, provided with a series of vertical pockets or compartments, and with eyeleted flanges or aps by which the weight-holding pockets are secured to the"he`lmet and dress of the diver.

The drawing represents the device embodying myinvention- A showing the same, one-half in elevation and one-halt` in section, and B a vertical cross-section through one of the pockets. i

a denotes a. long boxe, made of a thickness to correspond with the thickness of each Weight, and divided into a series of vertical pockets o'r compartments, c, each made ofsze to hold a long weight, d. The box and compartments are made of stout water-proof cloth, or of other suitable lexible material, and the back part extends out atthe sides and top so as to form a. flange, e, in which are formed eyelet-holes, to which (preferably) are secured metal eyelets,f, as seen at A. The upper eyelets serve to suspend the weight-holding box by cords g and metal eyes h to the helmet of the'driver, while the side eyelets are used to secure the box firmly against his breast or body, so that there shall be no sway or swinging of the weights from and against the body. The pockets are provided with a confining-Hap, z', by uni'astening which any one or more of the weights may be readily removed from vor placed in the pockets without disturbing any other weight or weights, or their means of connection of the weight-holder to the armor and dress, each weight being provided with a. cord or other device for removing it from its pocket. v

claimva weight-holding and attaching device for submarine armor, the same consisting of `the box divided into weight-pockets or compartments, andhaving eyeleted anges for securing it in place, substantially as shown and described.

DAVID HALE.

Witnesses:

J. B. CROSBY, FRANCIS GoULD. 

